A New Chapter Begins...

Well, it happened at 37 weeks 4 days, Saturday morning. Zann had just fixed the whole family a great big breakfast. We were joking over breakfast about Valentine's Day babies. Turns out the joke was on us. Zann's water broke at 10:20 am on February 14, 2009, Valentine's Day. Good thing Grandma Smith was already here waiting to get the show on the road. I called the doctor who said we would be having babies today. I also called Ashlynn who got approval from the hospital to be with us in the O.R. Kimberly, one of Zann's friends, was also called as she was going to be one of the nurses helping.
I grabbed the bags, told Nick and Carter that it was time for the babies to come out and got the stuff in the car. Only one thing was missing....Zann! She decided to shower, do her hair and make-up. We got into the car about an hour later and got to the St. John's Mercy by 12 PM. It was a great experience when we got there. There were so many of Zann's former co-workers and friends working that they really made us feel welcome. The reception was unprecedented. By the time we got there, Ashlynn had called them (she also works at St. John's in L&D), the doctor had called L&D, and Kimberly the other Nurse had called. It seemed like they were waiting for us and already had things rolling for us.
Zann was admitted by 1 PM and we were waiting for a C-section time. We thought, we might have to wait a few hours because of the big breakfast. We were surprised to find out that we had a 2 PM time for the O.R. WHAT! That was only an hour away. So much for waiting.
Zann as a L&D nurse has seen countless c-section deliveries. I could only wonder what she was thinking laying horizontal this time. I have to say, it was certainly a relaxing experience, which absolutely surprised me. I could not believe how relaxed we both were.

We welcomed Brighton Zoe into the world at 2:22 PM and Landon Crew was born within the same minute. Still Brighton was born first, so the only girl to the Erb Klan will always have that to her advantage. Brighton weighed in at 5lbs 14oz 18.75" long. Landon weighed in at 5lbs 7oz and 18.5" long. Zann had a great experience by my account. The surgical team was a well oiled team that made the atmosphere truly relaxing.


With Grandma Smith at home with Nick and Carter, it has allowed me to be with Zann constantly. It has been great have this experience with her. My work has been great too. I have been able to arrange a couple of weeks off to enjoy the experience and have hands on.

Brighton and Landon are now 72 hours old. Both were put on Bili-lights today (jaundice), Landon has lost 10% of his weight so far, and given his birth weight, is a moderate concern, but neither has been in the NICU, or Special Care Unit--for twins this is very good. We've had to alter our plans to breast-feed exclusively due to these issues, but we are hoping this will be temporary.

Their Bili-lights give the room a great U/V glow. :)

We have had a peaceful experience all in all. There are moments of chaos, but they pass. The babies are still sleeping most of the time, but we think that they will start to wake-up tonight or tomorrow.